As of last quarterly report, my opponent spent $880k and rising

[GunnyFreedom]

Just dropping this here. Between his own fundraising and gifts in kind from the NCGOP, my opponent from the Primary has spent $880,000 (not even counting GOP work on his behalf, Chamber of Commerce, or Super-PAC stuff). It looks like my prediction of $1 Million by election day was wrong, he's on course (accounting for all players) to $1.5M by election day. For a job that pays $20k a year. State Senate races normally spend from $200k to $600k max.

The hard-core establishment is really, really desperate to seat this puppet.

 

[angelatc]

Do you think he will win? Isn't it a blue district?

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Do you think he will win? Isn't it a blue district?

Not after redistricting. It was redistricted into a swing leaning red district, but it's already migrated into a swing leaning blue district, as the Republican running now is hard core marriage amendment, and the Wake County portion of the district is not that interested in the marriage amendment. The people and pharisees behind this guy are just obscene, frankly.

 

[KCIndy]

That sucks.... and on so many different levels that I'm not even sure where to begin....

 

[GunnyFreedom]

That sucks.... and on so many different levels that I'm not even sure where to begin....

And I haven't even touched the half of it. His mother-in-law is the #1 marriage lobbyist /social issue in the state. Republicans are shooting themselves in the foot in NC by bowing and scraping to social conservatives like nothing I've ever seen. I think they are trying to make Alabama look socially liberal. Problem is the population here won't support it, but they will be relying on Republican gerrymandering to keep themselves in power, and money and influence from the Family (Pharisee) coalitions to keep the 'right' Republicans in power.

They are bypassing the primary Tea Party principles by going full-bore into social authoritarianism in the hopes that will distract the tea parties from their fiscal concerns.

And it looks like it's working.

My opponent is running in this district like he was a theocratic democrat. Big government more spending...criticizing the Dem in the seat for not spending enough on schools

I have never been the vindictive sort, but to be honest, I can't WAIT for some of these Pharisees to land in front of the Bema seat. Weeping and gnashing of teeth indeed!

 

[LibertyEagle]

And I haven't even touched the half of it. His mother-in-law is the #1 marriage lobbyist /social issue in the state. Republicans are shooting themselves in the foot in NC by bowing and scraping to social conservatives like nothing I've ever seen. I think they are trying to make Alabama look socially liberal. Problem is the population here won't support it, but they will be relying on Republican gerrymandering to keep themselves in power, and money and influence from the Family (Pharisee) coalitions to keep the 'right' Republicans in power.

They are bypassing the primary Tea Party principles by going full-bore into social authoritarianism in the hopes that will distract the tea parties from their fiscal concerns.

And it looks like it's working.

My opponent is running in this district like he was a theocratic democrat. Big government more spending...criticizing the Dem in the seat for not spending enough on schools

I have never been the vindictive sort, but to be honest, I can't WAIT for some of these Pharisees to land in front of the Bema seat. Weeping and gnashing of teeth indeed!

What is our excuse?
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...der-woman-told-to-leave-women%92s-locker-room

 

[GunnyFreedom]

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distraction is distracting. Will not succumb.

 

[TCE]

Secretly hoping for a Democratic victory so you can run when this seat comes up again?

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Secretly hoping for a Democratic victory so you can run when this seat comes up again?

Not with THAT much money spent, no hope for that. The money spent for this race was obscene, 28 year old child, one year experience as a policy advisor to the majority leader, 6 months internship with the majority leaders law firm, and before that law school. the only experience he ever had. $1.5 Million dollars.

 

[aclove]

I guess he'll be the best yes-man money can buy.

 

[-C-]

Frankly the GOP as a party, including the "tea party," is embarrassing at this point. It seems it gets more and more disgusting the lower the rank in the party. Appears to be the other way around, but it simply isn't. Hell just look at Basnight...that is NC GOP at its finest. This is just typical behavior of the NC GOP. Reminds me of the party in power in this state when SC was "attacked." We, North Carolina, helped start a civil conflict due to the same lunacy that causes these individuals to cling to social conservatism. So we march headfirst into a slaughter for our "sister state." They probably argued "family values" before aiding the start of a civil war. The common man in North Carolina was in favor of the Union, by a huge majority, and did not seek war. It was the "Pharisees," or the wealthy families, particularly in the eastern part of the state that rigged us to join our "sister." Same shit different day Gunny, sorry man.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Frankly the GOP as a party, including the "tea party," is embarrassing at this point. It seems it gets more and more disgusting the lower the rank in the party. Appears to be the other way around, but it simply isn't. Hell just look at Basnight...that is NC GOP at its finest. This is just typical behavior of the NC GOP. Reminds me of the party in power in this state when SC was "attacked." We, North Carolina, helped start a civil conflict due to the same lunacy that causes these individuals to cling to social conservatism. So we march headfirst into a slaughter for our "sister state." They probably argued "family values" before aiding the start of a civil war. The common man in North Carolina was in favor of the Union, by a huge majority, and did not seek war. It was the "Pharisees," or the wealthy families, particularly in the eastern part of the state that rigged us to join our "sister." Same shit different day Gunny, sorry man.

Marc Basnight, however, was a Democrat.

 

[-C-]

Marc Basnight, however, was a Democrat.

I thought he switched parties at one point, my mistake. Point remains though.

 

[Oldsouljer]

I'm a social conservative. What's so bad about that? I hear your collective attacks but I don't hear any explanation validating them. I will defend the marriage amendment by stating that 1) for those who think it is undue government intrusion, governments have had a legitimate interest in recognizing marriage for millenia. Marriage is an integral component of family law, matters of estate and inheritance, and supplying the state with future taxpayers, all of which are a legitimate state interest. 2) The amendment isn't about establishing a "theocracy", its a constitutional firewall against anti-constitution judges overturning our established law without our consent, and 3) lets not get distracted by this because there are plenty of legitimate government intrusions and establishment politicians who need to be fought at every turn.

 

[cjm]

Secretly hoping for a Democratic victory so you can run when this seat comes up again?

Not with THAT much money spent, no hope for that. The money spent for this race was obscene, 28 year old child, one year experience as a policy advisor to the majority leader, 6 months internship with the majority leaders law firm, and before that law school. the only experience he ever had. $1.5 Million dollars.

I suspect that this sort of thing should be expected by liberty candidates in the future. 2010 allowed a few folks to sneak in under the radar but any liberty challenges from this point forward will undoubtedly go up against massive walls of cash. We need to figure out how to win races where we are out-funded 10 or 20 to 1. I bet most of those will not be winnable, but some have to be if we do it right.

Gunny, thanks for jumping in back in 2010 and helping blaze that trail for the rest of us. No matter what your future holds, your experiences to date have provided a lot of valuable information about running liberty candidates.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I am a social conservative too, but you can't get there by government fiat. To take that approach always inevitably makes the problem worse, because we are trusting man rather than God to establish morality. That was the error of the Pharisees. When you trust man rather than God, you wil always...ALWAYS...end up further corrupting that which you are trying to protect. Just wait and see, by 2016-2017 ish marriage will be much further degraded than it would be had we just left it alone. Mark my words.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I think one of the ideas I object to most is the thought that you can't be a social conservative unless you believe in using the power of government to instill social morality. I on the other hand believe that the use of government to establish morality is precisely what has led to the moral decline of America, and that to further that process is to exacerbate and accelerate that moral collapse.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Thanks CJM, I was seriously outspent in 2010, 7 to one, and you win against that by making a serious door to door effort, and by winning votes from nontraditional blocks. In 2012 I was nowhere near ready for a State Senate primary without $50k to spend up front. I know my fatal flaw is fundraising. Far and away. I have never been able to do it.

I was never in the (TV, radio) media in 2012, and only managed one direct mail that didn't saturate.

Could I win a State Senate race if I were full funded up front like the rest of these clowns are? Probably. But I could win a House seat without such a guaranteed budget. I am looking at finding a place to live in NC and renting out the family homestead.

Now if somehow my fundraising issue were to resolve, then I could do a lot more sooner.

 

[thoughtomator]

I'm a social conservative. What's so bad about that?

Primarily because social conservatism is closely associated with support for the War on Drugs, and monomaniacal obsession with politically suicidal attempts to outlaw abortion under any circumstances (I'm prolife myself but it's obvious legislative action will not solve the problem).

 

[Oldsouljer]

I am a social conservative too, but you can't get there by government fiat. To take that approach always inevitably makes the problem worse, because we are trusting man rather than God to establish morality. That was the error of the Pharisees. When you trust man rather than God, you wil always...ALWAYS...end up further corrupting that which you are trying to protect. Just wait and see, by 2016-2017 ish marriage will be much further degraded than it would be had we just left it alone. Mark my words.

My main points about combating judicial usurpation and protecting traditional values automatically translates into lets institute Sharia law tomorrow. Must be something wrong with this boards algorithms.